[OSX-Users] Re: OS X Mountain Lion (Gold Master) released

[Jules Field]

The Lion installer/upgrader app did exactly the same thing too.
Make a zip of it first if you want to keep it after you've run it. :-)

Jules.

On 12/07/2012 17:29, Hugh Glaser wrote:
> Bloody hell, that was sneaky.
> It deleted the installer after installation.
> Now I'll have to download again for my other machine.
>
> On 12 Jul 2012, at 13:31, Jules <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if it's a quirk of the 3GS?
>>
>> No-one on a 4 or a 4S has seen this on their phones.
>>
>> I assume you've done the iCloud migration stuff once?
>>
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 12/07/2012 11:56, Nick Gibbins wrote:
>>> Yes - so why am I being told that I need to "Create a free @me.com email address to turn on Notes"?
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> (this is iOS 5.1.1, fwiw)
>>>
>>> On 12 Jul 2012, at 11:55, Les A Carr <lac at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Didn't all the MobileMe, me.com and mac.com services and users get transferred to iCloud last month?
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 12 Jul 2012, at 11:53, "Nick Gibbins" <nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Possible, but everything else works with iCloud.
>>>>>
>>>>> We may need to do a compare and contrast at lunch...
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12 Jul 2012, at 11:48, Jules <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/07/2012 09:56, Nick Gibbins wrote:
>>>>>>> I've taken the plunge too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Apart from a couple of graphic glitches with the genie effect, it seems
>>>>>>> okay. I can see the notification centre killing off growl.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The main niggle I've found so far is with the new notes app; it allows you
>>>>>>> sync with iCloud, but the iCloud sync in the corresponding notes app on iOS5
>>>>>>> requires you to set up a MobileMe account! I assume that this will be fixed
>>>>>>> in iOS6, but it's surprising that Apple has let this happen.
>>>>>> I've used Notes on iCloud, and I never saw anything about MobileMe, it all "just worked" for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you sure Notes doesn't just work with iCloud on your phone?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jules.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 11 Jul 2012, at 21:05, Hugh Glaser <hg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well I cracked and did it on my Air :-)
>>>>>>>> No problems at all so far.
>>>>>>>> Just started it off and went for a bath and it was done when I got back.
>>>>>>>> And I seem to have an extra more than 15G free space on my disc!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 11 Jul 2012, at 13:38, Vladimiro Sassone <vs at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Still waiting for the first negative report from early installers....
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (from iPad)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 11 Jul 2012, at 13:36, "Tim Chown" <tjc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I can confirm it's OK from eduroam using VPN (to staffvpn.ecs.soton.ac.uk).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Run the VPN first, then in the Finder do "Go.. connect to server", and then plug in cifs://software.ecs.soton.ac.uk/software, and then enter your ECS credentials to complete the drive mount.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If you're not VPNed correctly, you'll not get the login window to mount the drive.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Tim
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 11 Jul 2012, at 10:02, Neil White wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Jules,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I can't seem to get access to the software server from my new Mac Air. I
>>>>>>>>>>> can only get a signal for ECSWlan (not Eduroam from my office!!!), so I'm
>>>>>>>>>>> guessing that this is the issue? I have tried to vpn but that doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>> work. Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Neil
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/07/2012 19:57, "Jules Field" <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The waiting is basically over.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.0) has reached Gold Master status.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> This means that Apple still have the right to change it before it is
>>>>>>>>>>>> released for download by the general public, but it's very rare that
>>>>>>>>>>>> anyone does change it due to the astronomical cost of doing so. They
>>>>>>>>>>>> start building it into new hardware coming off the production line
>>>>>>>>>>>> today, so any changes have to be applied to new Macs that are already in
>>>>>>>>>>>> their shrink-wrap on their way to the Apple Stores and distribution
>>>>>>>>>>>> centres around the world.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> So if you want to download it, you can get it from
>>>>>>>>>>>> cifs://software.ecs.soton.ac.uk/software
>>>>>>>>>>>> then look in the images/apple/Mountain Lion directory.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Copy the Gold Master installer application to your /Applications folder
>>>>>>>>>>>> and run it. It will upgrade your Mac and reboot again when it's finished.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Note: If you have installed the beta release of "Messages" at any time,
>>>>>>>>>>>> uninstall this and restart *before* you start installing Mountain Lion.
>>>>>>>>>>>> The option to uninstall it is in the "Messages" menu of the Messages
>>>>>>>>>>>> application.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jules
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>>>>>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jules
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Dr Nicholas Gibbins                                     nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>>>> Web and Internet Science                   http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~nmg/
>>>>> Electronics and Computer Science                   tel: +44 (0) 23 80598879
>>>>> University of Southampton                          fax: +44 (0) 23 80592865
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
>>
>> Jules
>>
>> -- 
>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>
>



Jules

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